King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council elections

King's Lynn and West Norfolk District Council in Norfolk, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2019, 55 councillors have been elected from 35 wards.^[1]

Council elections

1973 West Norfolk District Council election
1976 West Norfolk District Council election
1979 West Norfolk District Council election
1983 King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)^[2]
1987 King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council election
1991 King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[3]
1995 King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council election
1999 King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council election
2003 King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council election (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by 2)^[4]^[5]
2007 King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council election
2011 King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council election
2015 King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council election (Some new ward boundaries)^[6]^[7]
2019 King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council election
2023 King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council election

Council composition

Year	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats	Green	Independent	Council control after election
Year						Council control after election
1991	29	16	5	0	9^[a]		No overall control
1995	7	37	5	0	10		Labour
1999	26	27	5	0	2		No overall control
2003	35	14	7	0	6		Conservative
2007	52	4	4	0	2		Conservative
2011	42	13	3	1	3		Conservative
2015	50	10	0	0	2		Conservative
2019	28	10	1	1	15		Conservative
2023	21	11	3	2	18		No overall control

Result maps

2019 results map
2023 results map

By-election results

1995-1999

Upwell, Outwell and Delph By-Election 30 January 1997
Party		Votes	%
	Labour	540	48.3
	Conservative	491	43.9
	Liberal Democrats	87	7.8
Majority		49	4.4
Turnout		1,118	27.4
	Labour gain from Conservative	Swing

Lynn South West By-Election 1 May 1997
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,094	60.1	−21.8
	Conservative	482	26.5	+8.4
	Liberal Democrats	243	13.4	+13.4
Majority		612	33.6
Turnout		1,819
	Labour hold	Swing

West Winch By-Election 7 May 1998
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	402	40.1	+2.2
	Labour	259	25.8	−31.9
	Liberal Democrats	210	21.0	+21.0
	Independent	131	13.1	+13.1
Majority		143	14.3
Turnout		1,002
	Conservative gain from Labour	Swing

Denver By-Election 9 July 1998
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	271	55.6	+17.0
	Labour	165	33.9	−7.8
	Liberal Democrats	51	10.5	−9.2
Majority		106	21.7
Turnout		487	26.9
	Conservative gain from Labour	Swing

1999-2003

Lynn Central By-Election 17 June 1999 (2)
Party		Votes
	Labour	325
	Conservative	275
	Labour	256
	Conservative	250
	Liberal Democrats	114
	Liberal Democrats	100
Turnout		1,320
	Labour hold	Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour	Swing

2003-2007

Rudham By-Election 19 June 2003
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	592	62.6	+21.8
	Labour	353	37.4	−14.5
Majority		239	25.2
Turnout		945	50.0
	Conservative gain from Labour	Swing

Heacham By-Election 19 February 2004^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Morrison	852	44.2	+23.4
	Labour		590	30.6	+12.1
	Independent		487	25.2	−35.4
Majority			262	13.6
Turnout			1,929	47.0
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Snettisham By-Election 16 December 2004^[9]
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	437	47.2	+18.6
	Liberal Democrats	247	26.7	+26.7
	Labour	121	13.1	−0.9
	Independent	120	13.0	−44.5
Majority		190	20.5
Turnout		925	26.4
	Conservative gain from Independent	Swing

Hunstanton By-Election 6 July 2006^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Searle	908	55.5	+14.3
	Labour	Richard Bird	727	44.5	+13.8
Majority			181	11.0
Turnout			1,635	33.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

2007-2011

Gaywood Chase By-Election 13 August 2009^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Dobson	202	28.7	−17.4
	Labour	John Collop	194	27.5	−10.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Swinton	167	23.7	+23.7
	BNP	David Fleming	90	12.8	+12.8
	Green	Vivienne Manning	52	7.4	+7.4
Majority			8	1.2
Turnout			705	18.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

2011 - 2015

Spellowfields By-election 27 September 2012^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sheila Young	348	45.7	+6.0
	Labour	Ken Hubbard	243	31.9	+5.6
	UKIP	Michael Stone	88	11.5	+11.5
	Green	Rob Archer	61	8.0	+8.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Swinton	22	2.9	+2.9
Majority			105	13.8
Turnout			762
	Conservative hold		Swing

Snettisham By-election 2 May 2013^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Avril Wright	593	48.7	−20.6
	UKIP	Michael Stone	361	29.7	+29.7
	Labour	Richard Pennington	263	21.6	−9.1
Majority			232	19.1
Turnout			1,217
	Conservative hold		Swing

Watlington By-election 13 June 2013^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Ashley Collins	179	45.5	+45.5
	Conservative	John Dobson	115	29.3	+29.3
	Labour	Emilia Rust	99	25.2	+7.7
Majority			64	16.3
Turnout			393
	UKIP gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Burnham By-election 6 March 2014^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sam Sandell	374	78.4	+5.6
	UKIP	Jean Smith	103	21.6	+21.6
Majority			271	56.8
Turnout			477
	Conservative hold		Swing

Airfield By-election 17 July 2014^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoff Hipperson	305	45.7	+2.4
	UKIP	Bob Scully	233	34.9	+34.9
	Green	Jonathan Burr	72	10.8	−10.6
	Labour	Sebastian Polhill	57	8.5	−11.1
Majority			72	56.8
Turnout			10.8
	Conservative gain from Green		Swing

2015 - 2019

Valley Hill By-election 16 June 2016^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Tilbrook	266	41.0	+6.9
	Labour	Edward Robb	157	24.2	+24.2
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Sayer	102	15.7	+15.7
	UKIP	Andrew Carr	96	14.8	+14.8
	Green	Andrew de Whalley	27	4.2	+4.2
Majority			109	16.8
Turnout			648
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Heacham By-election 20 October 2016^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Terence Parish	400	37.7	N/A
	Conservative	Simon Eyre	342	32.2	−38.9
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Colwell	83	7.8	N/A
	UKIP	Deborah Lemay	83	7.8	N/A
	Independent	Michael Press	79	7.4	N/A
	Labour	Edward Robb	74	7.0	−21.9
Majority			58	5.5
Turnout			1,064	26.27
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Fairstead By-election 11 May 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gary Howman	254	44.0	+5.3
	Conservative	Ronald Mortimer	189	32.8	+2.3
	UKIP	Michael Stone	68	11.8	−19.0
	Liberal Democrats	Rob Colwell	66	11.4	N/A
Majority			65
Turnout				12.8
	Labour hold		Swing

St Margarets with St Nicholas By-election 3 August 2017^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Taylor	253	36.2	−6.6
	Labour	Francis Bone	210	30.0	−3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Russell-Johnson	173	24.7	+24.7
	Green	Rob Archer	63	9.0	−15.1
Majority			43	6.2
Turnout			699
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Snettisham By-election 2 August 2018^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Dark	613	77.4	+6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Erika Coward	66	8.3	+8.3
	Green	Nigel Walker	65	8.2	+8.2
	UKIP	Matthew Hannay	48	6.1	+6.1
Majority			547	69.1
Turnout			792
	Conservative hold		Swing

2019 - 2023

Upwell and Delph By-election 12 December 2019^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vivienne Spikings	2,126	66.4	+28.5
	Labour	Stewart Dickson	637	19.9	+19.9
	Independent	Terry Hipsey	438	13.7	+13.7
Majority			1,489	46.5
Turnout			3,201
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Gaywood Clock By-election 1 December 2022^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alex Ware	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing

References

^ Includes one independent conservative.

^ "The King's Lynn and West Norfolk (Electoral Changes) Order 2018", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2018/857, retrieved 8 December 2023
^ The Borough of West Norfolk (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk (County Boundaries) Order 1990. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
^ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 26 September 2009.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The King's Lynn and West Norfolk (Electoral Changes) Order 2012. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The King's Lynn and West Norfolk (Electoral Changes) Order 2013. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
^ "Tories take two steps forward in byelections". guardian.co.uk. 20 February 2004. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
^ "Labour vote slumps in byelections". guardian.co.uk. 17 December 2004. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
^ "By-election news". Borough Council of King's Lynn & West Norfolk. Retrieved 26 September 2009.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Borough Council By-Election - Gaywood Chase Ward". Borough Council of King's Lynn & West Norfolk. Retrieved 26 September 2009.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Spellowfields Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Snettisham Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Watlington Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Burnham Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Airfield Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Valley Hill Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
^ https://www.west-norfolk.gov.uk/news/article/100/heacham_by-election_result ^{[dead link]}
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — St Margarets with St Nicholas Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Snettisham Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Upwell and Delph Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Gaywood Clock Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 December 2023.

By-election results Archived 29 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine

External links

King's Lynn and West Norfolk Council

[8] Includes one independent conservative.

[1] "The King's Lynn and West Norfolk (Electoral Changes) Order 2018", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2018/857, retrieved 8 December 2023

[2] The Borough of West Norfolk (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979

[3] slation.gov.uk - The Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk (County Boundaries) Order 1990. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.

[gain-4] "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 26 September 2009.

[5] slation.gov.uk - The Borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.

[6] slation.gov.uk - The King's Lynn and West Norfolk (Electoral Changes) Order 2012. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.

[7] slation.gov.uk - The King's Lynn and West Norfolk (Electoral Changes) Order 2013. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.

[steps-9] "Tories take two steps forward in byelections". guardian.co.uk. 20 February 2004. Retrieved 18 March 2010.

[slumps-10] "Labour vote slumps in byelections". guardian.co.uk. 17 December 2004. Retrieved 18 March 2010.

[hunstanton-11] "By-election news". Borough Council of King's Lynn & West Norfolk. Retrieved 26 September 2009.^{[permanent dead link]}

[gaywood-12] "Borough Council By-Election - Gaywood Chase Ward". Borough Council of King's Lynn & West Norfolk. Retrieved 26 September 2009.^{[permanent dead link]}

[13] "Local Elections Archive Project — Spellowfields Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 December 2023.

[14] "Local Elections Archive Project — Snettisham Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 December 2023.

[15] "Local Elections Archive Project — Watlington Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 December 2023.

[16] "Local Elections Archive Project — Burnham Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 December 2023.

[17] "Local Elections Archive Project — Airfield Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 December 2023.

[18] "Local Elections Archive Project — Valley Hill Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 December 2023.

[19] ttps://www.west-norfolk.gov.uk/news/article/100/heacham_by-election_result ^{[dead link]}

[20] "Local Elections Archive Project — St Margarets with St Nicholas Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 December 2023.

[21] "Local Elections Archive Project — Snettisham Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 December 2023.

[22] "Local Elections Archive Project — Upwell and Delph Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 December 2023.

[23] "Local Elections Archive Project — Gaywood Clock Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 December 2023.

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